Monthly Archives: November 2015

Pope Francis has returned from Africa, after making a dramatic appeal for peace in the Central African Republic. Here are the main papal addresses from yesterday and today.       (1) Texts from Sunday November 29 1a Pope Francis address … Continue reading →

[Austen Ivereigh] Francis spent Friday evening and Saturday in Uganda, urging people to build on the example of its famous martyrs, and listening to harrowing stories of suffering. On his arrival, Pope Francis at the State House in Entebbe linked the … Continue reading →

This morning in Nairobi, Pope Francis addressed thousands of youth in Kasarani Stadium in a 45-minute, off-the-cuff, and at times very personal speech that covered corruption, tribalism, and how to stop young people being drawn into despair and radicalism. The speech was delivered in Spanish, … Continue reading →

After celebrating Mass in private in the Apostolic Nunciature in Nairobi, Pope Francis this morning went by car to Kangemi, one of the slums of Nairobi, with over 100,000 residents.  He walked through the unpaved streets to the Jesuit-run parish church of St. … Continue reading →

Interreligious dialogue is not an option but a necessity in a fractured world, Pope Francis this morning told a gathering of religious leaders at the Nunciature in Nairobi. But rather than be seen as a problem to be solved, he … Continue reading →

[Austen Ivereigh] Pope Francis was welcomed this afternoon at Nairobi airport by President Uluru Kenyatta and ecstatic, ululating crowds on the first leg of his three-nation visit to east Africa. Asked on the papal plane if he was anxious about anti-Christian violence … Continue reading →